Yearly Rescue Statistics

Have you wondered just how many turtles and tortoises our rescue has taken in and tried to help in a year? Well, if you aren't sitting down, you might want to! The numbers are even surprising to us! Most of these cases were due to being hit while the turtles tried to cross a road. Please slow down and move turtles to safety when you can. Your donations, participation in our fundraisers, and sponsorships are how we can help this many turtles and tortoises. Without your support, we simply couldn't afford to help these animals. From the bottom of our hearts - Thank You!

2018 Statistics

Total number of turtles/tortoises taken in 2018: 433 (over THREE times more than 2017!)Died in Care: 41Euthanized: 16Adopted: 46Released: 94Transferred: 20​Void/Non-Viable Egg: 73Non-Releasable: 31To be released in spring 2019: 112

Off those 433, there were 110 Females, 114 Males, and 209 of unknown gender due to their young age. ​

Species (There were a total of 211 box turtles, accounting for almost half of all 2018 intakes!)

​Cooters: 40

Musks: 2

Mud Turtles: 3

Alligator snappers: 3

Common snappers: 11

Eastern Box: 7

Three Toed Box: 104

Gulf Coast Box: 100​​

Gopher Tortoise: 11​

Softshell: 20

Diamondback terrapin (DBT): 5

Maps: 4

Red Eared Sliders (RES): 111

Yellow Bellied Sliders (YBS): 7​

Redfoot Tortoise: 4​

West African Mud: 1

2017 Statistics

Total number of turtles/tortoises taken in, 2017: 139Died in Care: 26Euthanized: 6Adopted: 13Released: 26Non-Releasable: 37To be released in spring 2018: 31

Of those 139, there were 68 Females, 52 Males, and 19 of unknown gender due to their young age.